Michael Fowler Jr. is one of three suspects charged in a Kansas murder case. (Crawford County Jail via AP, File)
One of the three people charged in the deaths of a couple who vanished from a Kansas county fair in July has pleaded guilty to murdering them.
Michael Fowler Jr. of Florida pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of theft, The Great Bend Tribune reported. A capital murder charge was dropped by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.
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In July, Alfred and Pauline Carpenter were found dead in shallow graves in Arkansas just days after they vanished. According to prosecutors, they were murdered at a Kansas county fair where they worked as vendors.
Fowler told detectives he was ordered to carry out the murders and dispose of the bodies as an initiation into the so-called carnival mafia, according to Arkansas Online.
Authorities stated the “carnival mafia” doesn’t exist.
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Kimberly Younger, who allegedly gave the order while posing as a carnival mafia member was also charged in the murders along with a third person, Rusty Frasier. All three worked for the carnival company at the fair.
Fox News' Michael Sinkewicz and Madeline Fish contributed to this report.
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